Q6)London’s New Year’s Eve celebrations focus — in part — of the ringing of the bell in the clock tower of the Houses of Parliament. The bell’s better known how?

Q7)Iceland’s biggest New Year’s Eve events are usually held in the capital city. What’s that city’s name?

Q8)‘Hogmanay’ is a term for New Year’s Eve: with it’s origins in which country of the UK?

Q9)The small town of Bideford is noted for it’s New Year’s Eve celebrations. Bideford is in which English county?

Q10)Finally … ‘La Bonn Année’ is a 1973 French-language film whose title means ‘Happy New Year’. Where was it made: Canada, France or Haiti?

Answers.

A1)The original Eton Mess, Boris Johnson.

A2)Kiribati and Samoa.

A3)Sylvester. (He’s the Pope named in the (forged) ‘Donation Of Constantine’ as the man who Constantine gave the Imperial crown to: in case you didn’t know.)

A4)‘Auld Lang Syne’.

A5)Excise man, farmer and Scotland’s favourite son, Robert Burns.

A6)Big Ben. (Go on: correct a tourist when they call the clock, Big Ben, you know you want to!)

A7)Reykjavik.

A8)Scotland. (There’s a saying I’ve heard from many Scots: “Hogmanay’s like Christmas: except God’s not involved.”)

A9)Devon.

A10)France.

I’ll catch you next time.

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